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Best Buy Upgrades E-Waste Recycling Program

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The largest retailer of consumer electronics has just started a trial e-waste recycling program in over 117 stores across 8 states.

Best Buy, which supplies a huge portion of the electronics waste that ends up in our overcrowded landfills, has finally succumbed to the pressure of environmentalists…

GreenerCars.org’s Greenest and Meanest Vehicles

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GreenerCars.org is a consumer resource that provides green scores for all the eco-friendly vehicles on the market.

It’s part of the non-profit organization ACEEE (American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy), whose goal is to educate consumers about energy efficiency while protecting the environment and strengthening the economy…

Did You Say Eco-Friendly Bombs?

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I search through various news sources every day to bring readers the latest news pertaining to the environment. And as much as I try to be unbiased or non-judgmental, I just couldn’t believe it when I saw the Yahoo! News headline ‘Environmentally Friendly Bombs Planned.’

After the initial shock of the headline, I decided to read the article first to try and understand the sense in using eco-friendly bombs that would destroy things over toxic bombs that would destroy things…

Student Engineers Develop Hybrid Electric Vehicles

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For the past 3 years 17 college engineering teams have competed in the Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility competition, which was sponsored by General Motors Corporation and the Department of Energy.

The competition was designed to give student engineers a chance to research and develop advanced technology for vehicles that would reduce energy consumption and emissions, while also maintaining the performance of the vehicle…

Greenpeace Reveals Hazards of Game Consoles

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Nowadays, it seems that everyone has some sort of game console. If you don’t have an Xbox 360, a Playstation 3 or a Nintendo Wii, you’re just not considered cool.

But whether you’re a green gamer or not, you might want to take a second look at how these consoles could be harming your physical health…

Fenway Park in Boston Installs Solar Heating System

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The 37-foot Green Monster wall at Boston’s Fenway Park is famous for reducing a batter’s chance at hitting a home run, but now the park is getting something even greener that is going to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of the park by 18 tons per year.

The famous baseball stadium that has hosted ten World Series has just installed a solar heating system that consists of 28 Heliodyne solar hot water collectors and four 400-gallon storage tanks…

Help the Victims of the Myanmar Cyclone Disaster

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It’s impossible to ignore what has recently happened to the people and surrounding environment of the Southeastern Asian country of Myanmar, which is also known as Burma.

According to an article on CNN.com, the death toll in Myanmar thus far is estimated at 100,000, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in Myanmar history…

How to Reuse Your Old CDs

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The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said it best when he stated: ‘Music is the universal language of mankind.’

That’s why music is something we can all appreciate, just like the preservation of the environment.

And even though more and more people are downloading music from places like iTunes and Napster, there is still a large amount of us who stick to purchasing CDs…

Nissan to Manufacture Electric Cars by 2010

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At a news conference in Tokyo, Carlos Ghosn, the Chief Executive of Nissan, announced that the company is planning to mass-produce electric cars within the next five years.

With the rising concern of global warming and people wanting more green vehicles, Ghosn says that Nissan is hoping to become the leader in zero-emission vehicle technology…

Accessorize Your Life with Recycled Bike Products

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Not only are bicycles the perfect mode of transportation to reduce carbon emissions and your carbon footprint, but they are also becoming one of the hippest items to recycle.

And when we say hip we mean that old bicycles parts are being used to create an amazing array of items, including jewelry and furniture.

So that means less waste in our landfills and cooler things for us to reuse…